Federal Triangle

<p>Federal Triangle is a <a href="/facts/Triangle/cRXUwsMn">triangular</a> area in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, formed by 15th Street NW, <a href="/facts/Constitution_Avenue/XLVYjAEA">Constitution Avenue NW</a>, <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Avenue/PXByNymV">Pennsylvania Avenue NW</a>, and E Street NW. Federal Triangle is occupied by 10 large city and federal office buildings, all of which are part of the <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Avenue_National_Historic_Site/wJsXAg5t">Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site</a>. Seven of the buildings in Federal Triangle were built by the <a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">U.S. federal government</a> in the early and mid-1930s as part of a coordinated construction plan that has been called "one of the greatest building projects ever undertaken".  Two buildings predating this coordinated effort were incorporated into Federal Triangle, and one was constructed in the 1990s. 
</p><p><a href="/facts/Federal_Triangle_station/455q0lQU">Federal Triangle station</a> is the <a href="/facts/Washington_Metro/xtx2ffeS">Washington Metro</a> station serving Federal Triangle and its immediately surrounding areas.
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Federal Triangle